Buy a desktop or a laptop?

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Originally Posted by uscwest

OK Tom and Jamie, my desktop went belly up several weeks ago. I think it is as simple as getting a new power pack but if I were to buy one of these could I take the hard drive out of my desk top and plug it into this and get it to work?

John,

Didn't see your question till this morning. Couple of if's associated with this:

If your desktop has a SATA I/II or SSD drive in it (most do except for quite old ones).
If your laptop has an eSata port on it (or you can add one. See below.).

Then yes, you could do what you mentioned. Jamie already provided the picture of the interface.

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Originally Posted by uscwest

Unfortunately I do not have one of those. :sorry: Guess when I replace I should look for a laptop that has them.

You can always get a Express34 or PCMCIA adapter to add one. Assuming your laptop has a card slot. :unsure:

Hope this helps!

Tom (:macwave:... more bigger, faster, better!)